After being hanged in 2006, Saddam Hussein was buried some 95 miles north of Baghdad, in his birthplace of Awja. His body is no longer there: A member of his Sunni tribe tells Reuters they whisked his remains out of the family plot eight months ago, amid concerns that Shiite militias—stationed near the grave for the purpose of battling the Islamic State—would desecrate it. And as Reuters reports, "the caution paid off": The AP on Tuesday reported that Saddam's tomb was damaged in clashes between Islamic State militants and government soldiers; photos of the former leader were destroyed, and a police official says the area was set ablaze
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